Snapdragon 615 + 2GB RAM. Thin. Light. 16GB storage. microSD expansion. 5.5" FHD screen. Impressive 13MP camera. 5 Megapixel front facing camera. Available in black and white. Unlocked for under £4. Sounds like a pretty nice device right? How about if I told you that the price for this little beauty was just £125 on PrePay? I think we may well have a new budget champion in the ZTE manufactured Vodafone Smart ultra 6, on sale now.

The Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 is now available in the UK in both 4.7" and 5.5" guises, selling at Amazon UK for £159.99 and £199.99 respectively. Stocks appear to be somewhat limited with only a handful of each device left at the time of writing. We have both devices here in the MoDaCo offices, so if you have any questions... ask away!

Merimobiles, one of our favourite distributors of weird and wonderful phones from the Chinese market, has introduced a new shipping service, dubbed 'Euroline'. This service, which supplements the recently launched European warehouse, pledges to deliver any item from the site, free of additional charges, straight to the UK.

Asus have released a 128GB variant of their popular Zenfone 2 device, which is now shipping from Taiwan in black, silver, gold and (our favourite) red. The phone, which capacity aside has the same specs as the 64GB variant, also includes microSD expansion, a 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor, 4GB RAM and a 5.5" 1920x1080 screen.

July 15th is Amazon's Prime Day, where they will be offering a host of special deals that can be purchased just by Amazon Prime members. We'll be tracking the deals that may be of interest to MoDaCo readers and inviting you to contribute those you find too!

Cyanogen have today announced an extensive partnership with Microsoft, laying out a vision for deep integration between the two companies and a pretty wholesale removal of any reliance on Google's products. 'Bing services, Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, and Microsoft Office' are set to be integrated into Cyanogen OS.

If there's one unexpected downside to the latest generation of flagships, it's disappointing battery life. Devices like the HTC M9 and LG G Flex 2 are let down by their power hungry Snapdragon 810 processor and the Samsung Galaxy S6 simply has a small battery. Battery anxiety is real and a battery bank might be the answer.

EE are set to launch a great promotion in the UK that gives all mobile customers a free 2600mAh battery pack. The 'Power Bar' is a tiny lipstick style battery pack designed to give you a boost of power whilst on the go. Even better - simply take your empty EE Power Bar to any EE store and they will exchange it for a fully charged one completely free.

Honor is launching a brand new service for it's customers offering a next-day replacement service free of charge for buyers of the Honor 6 & Honor 6 Plus. The service itself will be launched by the end of April and available for all Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus buyers (only handsets purchased within the EU will be eligible for this service).

The fantastic Honor 6 Plus finally has a release date in the UK. The device will officially be released on the 1st of May 2015 through Three stores and Amazon for £299.99. In a Honor first, the device will also be available on monthly contracts through select Three stores.